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Ministers warned over adding fuel to disablist fire
"The disabled crossbench peer the Countess of Mar told him that disabled people were facing public hostility, with strangers accosting them in the street and accusing them of faking their impairments. She said: “I don’t need to remind you what happened in 1930s Germany when disabled people and older people were regarded as a burden on the state. We do not want to sleepwalk into that situation.”"
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Nightclub part-owned by Cameron wanted to open its doors to children
"A club part-owned by David Cameron and linked to binge drinking attempted to open its doors to children under the age of 16. After we highlighted the brazen hypocrisy of the prime minister’s speech on alcohol, research by Political Scrapbook has uncovered official documents which show his company attempting to open the doors of a central London premises to children."
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Cameron earned £84,000 as director of “binge drinking” bar chain
"While David Cameron today launches an attack on the “scandal” of alcohol excess, he previously earned tens of thousands as the director of a late night bar chain whose promotions were linked to binge drinking."
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Work and Pensions Committee publication: Living costs for disabled people
"Government support towards the additional living costs of working-age disabled people
The Work and Pensions Committee will publish its Seventh Report of Session 2010-12, Government support towards the additional living costs of working-age disabled people (HC 1493), on Sunday 19 February at 00:01am.
The report contains the Committee’s findings from its inquiry into reform of Disability Living Allowance and the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment." -
"A third of family doctors say their patients are being put at risk in NHS hospitals because of ‘dangerously’ poor care, a survey has revealed.
They liken wards to ‘factory production lines’ and admit they would not refer their own family.
One said he would not even like his dog to be treated at one hospital." -
Too good to be true? - 14 Health Products You Probably Don't Need
"... do so-called health products really deliver on their claims? Not always. Many don’t have the science to back them up, and others may leave you with little more than an empty wallet."
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
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